City of Gold - Mumbai 1982: Ek Ankahee Kahani

  • U/A (INDIA)
  • 2010


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Average Rating 3.6/5
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3.0
But since the mid 1980s, critic Jonathan Gold has been exploring a very different L.A., found among the mini mall ethnic restaurants and vendor trucks .. Av Club
2.5
This is why it ultimately comes off more as a cinematic puff piece than a real documentary. Rogerebert
3.0
The film is an agreeable document of cultural processing that should especially appeal to the niche crowd at its center its more or less mandatory vie .. Indie Wire
3.5
Thats a major omission, but easy enough to forgive while partaking in City of Golds smorgasbord of food, culture and ideas. Variety
4.0
Anonymity is a hallmark of food criticismunless youre Jonathan Gold. Time Out
4.4
The film convincingly argues that Gold is as close as anyone to finding meaning in all of this cultural upheaval.
3.8
Gold proselytizes about the beauty of a strip mall and grunts with pleasure at the first hit of spice from a Thai soup.
3.5
Laura Gabberts accessible and informative close up documentary of Los Angeles food critic Jonathan Gold.All manner of writers have been trying to make .. The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
What is inarguable: He makes a fascinating subject for Laura Gabberts documentary lens.
4.0
A newspaper column is like a documentary film.City of Gold, directed by Laura Gabbert, is an affectionate portrait of Mr. Gold, a genial walrus of a m .. The New York Times
3.8
By the end of the film, audiences will know exactly what this means. San Francisco Chronicle
3.1
Gabberts film is part portrait, part city symphony. It celebrates Gold as a fixture of his native Los Angeles and L.A. as in thrall to its stalwart gu .. The Globe And Mail
3.8
Like Gold himself, Laura Gabberts documentary is a bit scattered and messy. Philly
4.0
City of Gold presents a pleasurable portrait of a skilled critic who loves ethnic food and the metropolis where it is cooked, served, and consumed. Spirituality And Practice
3.5
More Sundance 2015: Sam Klemkes Time Machine Is the Sad Sequel to Boyhood Village Voice
4.4
Its really a documentary about journalism and eating, and truly appreciating both words and food. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
Robin Clifford Laura Clifford Jonathan Gold has been a food critic for the LA dining scene for decades.
3.1
So far, Jonathan Gold is the only food critic to win a Pulitzer Prize.Nothing in Laura Gabberts admiring documentary City of Gold can quite match Gold .. Rolling Stone
2.5
Its impossible not to discern love, one of the documentarys primary ingredients, while watching it. The Wrap
4.0
As cultural archaeology, unearthing the relationship between food and a city, food and a critic, a city and a critic and a swirling stew of all the ab .. Az Central
3.5
Im not altogether sure any film about Gold could be other than unassuming. Mountain X
3.8
There is too much convenient coincidence and less tension than a payback drama needs, but the cast is as good as always. Star Tribune
4.0
Getting a Pulitzer Prize for restaurant criticism must attract our attention, and Jonathan Golds enthusiasm coupled with his eye (and palate) for plac ..
1.5
... in execution, the City of Gold felt more like a stale episode of The Bold and Beautiful but with Eli Roths understudy at the helm. Flim Threet
1.5
Gold shows us that the real work of a writer happens far from the keyboard: mostly it involves being alive to the world around us. But theres no reaso .. Time
3.0
Its really a film about an intimately personal philosophy, although it has every opportunity to settle for being basic food porn. The Film Stage
3.8
On camera, Gold is good, easy company; he doesnt have a wearying on quality, which is nice.The whole movies nice, maybe too nice. Chicago Tribune
3.8
It is a film about Los Angeles, culture and coexistence, the American dream.It is the opposite of narrowcasting. Boston Globe
3.0
Golds enthusiasm is infectious, and the film never lacks energy, passion or humor. Blogs Indie Wire
3.0
City is slickly produced and often entertaining, but its not nearly as deep as it makes its subject out to be. Las Vegas Weekly
3.5
Food, he seems to believe, is simply what keeps us alive; cooking is what makes us human. The Atlantic
3.0
Pulitzer Prize winning Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold is profiled in this appetizing doc about L.A. culture Johnathan Gold champions the .. Detroit News
3.0
Chow down on doc about food writer Jonathan Gold.CITY OF GOLD (Laura Gabbert). Now Toronto
5.0
Be warned: if you go on an empty stomach, you will certainly not last the distance. Nz Herald
4.3
While the documentary occasionally verges on hagiography, with a few too many testimonials from immigrant restaurateurs crediting Gold with bringing t .. Ar Kansas Online
3.5
The film is up to its subject, which is saying a lot. Why would you pass up an introduction to a food writer who is on the case as soon as a tweet ale .. Wsj
4.4
1 of 3 View Caption Courtesy photo City of Gold, a documentary about Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold, screened at the 2 Courtesy pho .. Sltrib
2.0
Writer director Laura Gabberts documentary is a pure and pleasant celebration of the man and his work, the latter of which achieves something approach .. Sandiego Reader
4.0
Its less a documentary version of Babettes Feast than an old fashioned city symphony, and to a city often wholly misrepresented by the movies. Metro New York
4.0
Boom Bust Boom never reaches beyond merely illustrating the facts and figures that led to the 2008 crisis. Movie Mezzanine
3.8
While the films formula gets repetitive, little revelations peppered throughout keep it engaging. Seattle Times
3.1
Toronto audiences may be too far removed to get much from Golds Pulitzer Prize winning taco panegyrics, but the film still works as an examination of .. National Post
4.5
But her rich documentary is about one man, one of the four or five best prose stylists and maybe the best eater on the contemporary food scene, Pulitz .. New City Film
3.5
Laura Gabberts documentary City of Gold is both a portrait of Pulitzer prize winning food critic and all around polymath Jonathan Gold, and a culinary .. Sf Weekly
3.5
An unalloyed success, this documentary makes the city and its subject one. Metro Active
3.5
For us foodies, that gets it just right, and Gold lives his foodie life in unique ways. Kdhx
4.5
Golds decades of writing on LAs food scene are as much a story of immigration and the American dream as they are tacos and curry and theyll make you v .. L.A. Biz
4.5
Regardless, its a breezy delight, and the eye toward cultural exploration and open mindedness makes it hard to fault.
1.5
Filmmaker Gabbert isnt a particularily skilled interviewer, and Gold slides by saying only mildly interesting things.Hes clearly far more deep and com .. Arts Fuse
3.0
That frankness and love of food and its culture is what gives the film its authenticity. Four Three Film
4.5
It seems knowing the man is less important that knowing the work itself, and City of Gold , while often poorly shot, joyously tracks Golds way with wo .. Sd City Beat
3.8
Gold has not won this accolade by choosing the most exquisite verbiage to describe plates of decadent delights. Good Times
4.5
Gold is an entertaining, enlightening guide on this food adventure, an exploration anyone can enjoy, foodie or not. We Are Movie Geeks
3.5
Gabberts new movie is a tasty morsel in and of itself.And yes, there is plenty of treasure to be found in Golds City of Angels, albeit of the gastrono .. Sandiego Union Tribune
4.5
The film is especially savvy in how well organized it is, opening itself up gradually to those unfamiliar with either Gold or Los Angeles while giving .. Moveable Fest
4.0
It is an amalgamation of ethnicities and small neighborhoods, a delicious pastiche of the American Dream writ in sprawl. Austin Movie Blog 360
4.5
If you opt to see the film, and you should, I suggest you grab a bite before, or make plans to grab one right after, because this is certainly going t .. Nuvo
4.0
It may only offer an illusion of understanding its subjects, but it suggests that Gabberts has full comprehension, which may also be an illusion but i .. Nonfics
3.0
This doc is like a loving commentary on the value of immigrants, who have made Los Angeles not just the city of movies but of food as well. Compuserve



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